Prof. Liane Peña Alampay
Co-Principal Investigator, Parenting within the Social Welfare System in the Philippines
Dr. Liane Peña Alampay is a Senior Researcher on the Parenting within the Social Welfare System in the Philippines Study. She is a Professor of Psychology at the Ateneo de Manila University. A developmental psychologist, her research focuses on parenting and its association with child and adolescent development, cultural contexts of parenting and family relationships, and interventions for children and families at risk.
She is the Principal Investigator of Parenting for Lifelong Health in the Philippines, a UNICEF and WHO global initiative that delivers and tests evidence-based parenting interventions to prevent child maltreatment among low-income families. Her research and policy work has contributed to the development and implementation of national child protection policies, such as the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act, the National Policy on Protection of Children in Schools, and the Anti-Bullying Act.
She serves as a consultant on child development and child protection issues for organizations such as UNICEF, WHO, the Philippines’ Child Protection Network, and the Psychological Association of the Philippines.
